F1 | Styrian Grand Prix: Hamilton's masterpiece pole

Lewis Hamilton took his 89th career pole in the downpour of Austria. The Mercedes driver recorded his best time in 1:19.273, giving a gap of one and a half seconds to his teammate, Valtteri Bottas who was fourth today.

Second position for Max Verstappen who attempted to take pole away from the six-time world champion but was involved in a spin at the end.

Third time for a very good Carlos Sainz on McLaren who precedes the other Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and the Renault of Esteban Ocon.

Sixth was Lando Norris, followed by the other Red Bull of Alex Albon and the Alpha Tauri of Pierre Gasly.

The top 10 of the times closes qualification, Daniel Ricciardo's Renault and Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc was eliminated from Q3 and will start from eleventh position, just eight thousandths of a second behind George Russell's Williams.

Styrian Grand Prix: qualifying results

Pos. N. Driver Team Time
1 44 L. Hamilton (LL) Mercedes 1'19"273
2 33 M. Verstappen (LL) Red Bull 1'20"489
3 55 C. Sainz (LL) McLaren 1'20"671
4 77 V. Bottas (LL) Mercedes 1'20"701
5 31 E. Ocon (LL) Renault 1'20"922
6 4 L. Norris (LL) McLaren 1'20"925
7 23 A. Albon (LL) Red Bull 1'21″011
8 10 P. Gasly (LL) AlphaTauri 1'21″028
9 3 D. Ricciardo (LL) Renault 1'21″192
10 5 S. Vettel (LL) Ferrari 1'21”.651
11 16 C. Leclerc (LL) Ferrari 1'19"628
12 63 G. Russell (LL) Williams 1'19"636
13 18 L. Stroll (LL) Racing Point 1'19"645
14 26 D. Kvyat (LL) AlphaTauri 1'19″717
15 20 K. Magnussen (LL) Haas 1'20″211
16 7 K. Raikkonen (LL) Alfa Romeo 1'21"372
17 11 S. Perez (LL) Racing Point 1'21"607
18 6 N. Latifi (LL) Williams 1'21″759
19 99 A. Giovinazzi (LL) Alfa Romeo 1'21”.831
20 8 R. Grosjean (LL) Haas